Summer Birthday Baking #1
Monday, June 29th, 2009 | Adventures in Baking, Domestic Prowess | 1 Comment
The Little Mister & the Boy have birthdays exactly one week apart — exciting and exhausting for someone who, like me, loves to bake. This year is a big one for both of them: the Little Mister turned 30 last Thursday & the Boy turns 1 this Thursday. So I wanted to do something special for both of them.

The Little Mister's Birthday Treats
For the Little Mister, I made Barefoot Contessa’s Lemon Yogurt Cake. The cake is a great balance of sweet & tart, is extremely moist thanks to the post-baking lemon juice soak, and is pretty easy to make (I juiced & zested my lemons the night before, and was able to prep & bake during the Boy’s afternoon nap). It is topped with a lemon juice-confetioner sugar glaze (you can’t really see it all that well in the picture), which may not be necessary but is very nice nonetheless.
The cake is topped with two scoops of home-made eggless vanilla ice cream, compliments of the Little Mister’s fake-out present, the Kitchen Aid ice cream maker attachment. The Boy does not tolerate eggs, and it hardly seems fair to make ice cream at home & not let him have even the smallest taste. Even without the eggs, this recipe was great! Simple & delicious. As the LM said, It’s like when you let the ice cream sit out on the counter & get soft around the edges — but all of the ice cream tastes like that. Next time, I’d like to try to get my hands on a vanilla bean (mostly for the aesthetic value… there’s just something about vanilla beans in vanilla ice cream), but otherwise it was great.
…Now to work on the Boy’s cake.
Blog Manifesto - June 2009
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 | The Writing Life | 1 Comment
Poetic Justification
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 | Music, Poetry | No Comments
The Zen of Motherhood
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 | Baby Stuffs, Domestic Prowess | No Comments
You should read this article right now…
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 | Baby Stuffs, Domestic Prowess | No Comments
It’s been a long time…
Friday, September 12th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments
I’d rather be blogging
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 | Whatnot | No Comments
Poetry as Memoir, midpoint consideration
Saturday, May 19th, 2007 | Poetry, The Writing Life | 2 Comments
Friday Random Ten, “three strikes” edition
Friday, May 11th, 2007 | Music | 3 Comments
Friday Random Ten, take it or leave it edition
Friday, May 4th, 2007 | Music | 2 Comments
About a blog...
Random ramblings about motherhood, the writing life, cultural curiosities, and one woman's quest for the most poetic pie crust.
Archive
Links
- Academy of American Poets
- Anna
- Antioch University Los Angeles
- Arlene
- Arts & Spirituality Center
- Ashraf
- Big Blue Marble Bookstore
- c.a. leibow
- Can Poetry Matter?
- Daniele
- Diane
- Eloise
- Favorite Poem Project
- Foetry
- G. Emil
- HiNgE
- Howard
- Joe
- Kendall
- Kill Buffalo Records
- Leonard
- Mad Poets Society
- Manayunk Art Center
- Painted Bride Quarterly
- Philadelphia Stories
- Philly Poetry
- Philly Poetry Calendar
- Philly Poetry Calendar, deux
- PhillySound
- Poetry Daily
- Poetry Hut Blog
- Quick & Dirty Poets
- Rachel
- Samantha
- Skin Radio
- Susan
- The Family McFancy
- The Little Mister
- The Traveling Salesmen Project
- Third Factory
- Tree
- Village of Arts & Humanities
- xconnect